Norgestimate Metabolites

Name Structure Notes
18,19-Dinor-17-pregn-4-ene-20-yn-3-one, 17-hydroxy-13-ethyl, (17α)-(-) structure
18,19-dinor-5β-17-pregnan-20-yn, 3α,17β-dihydroxy-13-ethyl, 17α structure Minor metabolite.
Other Norgestimate Metabolites Other metabolites include various hydroxylated and conjugated species.
Levonorgestrel Acetate structure Very minor metabolite. Also known as 3-keto norgestimate.
Levonorgestrel structure An active metabolite of norelgestromin and a secondary metabolite of norgestimate.
Norelgestromin structure Primary metabolite of norgestimate. Also called 17-deacetyl norgestimate or levonorgestrel-3-oxime.